Harlan E Villers

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media-27046.jpeg UPL 27046 The B-24J - 42-110070, named, Lady Luck, painted on the LH side of the forward nose, and the name, Elmer, painted on the RH side was assigned to the 754th Bomb Squadron, the 458th Bomb Group, in the 8th Air Force. SSgt Harlan E. Villers, waist gunner holding a flak splinter.

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Object Number - UPL 27046 - The B-24J - 42-110070, named, Lady Luck, painted on the LH side of the forward nose, and the name, Elmer, painted on the RH side was assigned to...

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Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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458bg.com  (includes picture of his crew, Nelson's crew) / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 27046 - The B-24J - 42-110070, named, Lady Luck, painted...